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What's Happening from GreenSource
January 1, 2008
Living In The Lab
Some firms have put their employees’ productivity on the line to explore and prove a strategy. As part of its LEED for Commercial Interiors (LEED-CI) certification, the global architecture firm HOK moved 235 of its St. Louis office staff from a traditional segmented office to an open floor plan. A handful of closed offices remain, and a variety of conference work stations are available for meetings or phone calls, says Tim Gaidis, a senior associate. “The rentable area per employee went way down—we consolidated 78,000 square feet to 60,000 square feet,” he says. “There was a breaking-in period where people had to get used to a new way of doing things,” he notes, but it has been a success that has carried over to clients. “If we can’t walk the talk, how can we expect our clients to really believe in what we’re proposing?” asks Gaidis....
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